Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Quotes

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao frequently abbreviated KCR, is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mahaboobnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He was the cabinet minister for Labour and Employment. He was a member of the Telugu Desam Party until he quit the party and formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for the cause of Telangana as a separate state. He is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. TRS fought the 2004 general elections in alliance with Congress. It was able to win 5 MP seats. TRS was part of the UPA coalition government led by Congress until it had withdrawn its support sighting the reason that UPA was not in a mood to give nod for separate Telangana state.

We are waiting for PM's statement which he is expected to make on his return from Copenhagen. We will see his statement and then give our statement... For us, Telangana state has already been formed but in case they go back on their statement, people of Telangana know how to react. Even military and police will not be able to stop them from achieving their goal,

— Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao saying he is waiting for Prime Minister's statement on Telangana state / December 19, 2009

When I am carrying forward the T-movement with the blessings of the God, some leaders, who tried to derive political mileage, started attacking the party because of the poor performance of the party in the recent polls

— Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao after announcing that he was stepping down as president of TRS party / June 19, 2009

At this juncture, I did not think as an individual. I felt that it is my responsibility to think for the continuation of the T-movement and decided to resign.

— Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao after announcing that he was stepping down as president of TRS party / June 19, 2009